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Govt to solve Prachin Buri wage woes
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 19/08/2024
» Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan has ordered ministry officials to deal with a Chinese company in Prachin Buri that failed to pay the wages of more than 700 foreign workers in the past two months, a spokesman said.
Royal spinning magic
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 11/12/2022
» Indigo-dyed fabrics are synonymous with the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon and one of the province's weaving groups came under the spotlight when it was selected to showcase national wisdom at the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok last month.
Highs and lows of cannabis growers
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 22/01/2020
» Growing cannabis for medical use in a controlled environment is costly and painstaking although the end result looks certain to be economically rewarding for the country, according to the authorities connected to the project.
Grassroots solutions to deadly problems
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 18/09/2019
» Local empowerment has become the best prevention measure against diseases and accidents in two Chiang Mai communities, who have learned firsthand how collective grassroots action can keep them safe.
Thai cranes make comeback
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 14/09/2019
» Thongphun Un-chit could not believe his eyes when he spotted a Thai crane foraging for food in a neighbour's rice field in Buri Ram's Muang district back in 2011.
A litany of wasteful state spending
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 14/05/2018
» Several state projects which have failed to materialise over the past three decades, initiated by a series of governments, have cost almost a hundred billion baht of taxpayers' money. Meanwhile, the fate of some projects now under way still hangs in the balance.
Opium re-emerges to create new drug problems
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 23/07/2016
» Speed pills and crystal meth have dominated media and public attention for years with almost daily reports of the drugs being smuggled over the border or traded in bulk on the streets.